Josh Bunce

Infobox MLB retired
name=Josh Bunce
position=Left fielder
birthdate=May 10 1847
deathdate=death date and age|1912|4|28|1847|5|10
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
debutdate=August 27
debutyear=by|1877
debutteam=Brooklyn Hartfords
finaldate=August 27
finalyear=by|1877
finalteam=Brooklyn Hartfords
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Hits
stat3label=Runs
stat1value=.000
stat2value=0
stat3value=0
teams=
*Brooklyn Hartfords (by|1877)
highlights=

Joshua Bunce (May 10 1847 - April 28 1912) was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played in one game for the Brooklyn Hartfords in by|1877 and was hitless in four at bats. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=111688&HS=True Josh Bunce profile at mlb.com] ]

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bunce had been a member of several amateur baseball clubs in the New York area, such as the Nassau Club and the Brooklyn Baseball Club. He served as captain of the Nassau Club. Bunce also served as an umpire in the National League for seven games in 1877 – four of them prior to his sole appearance as a player and three after – and was umpiring amateur baseball games in the New York area as late as 1897. [cite book | last=Skipper | first=John C. | title=Umpires: Classic Baseball Stories from the Men Who Made the Calls | publisher=McFarland | year=1997 | isbn=0786403640] [citation | title=N.Y.A.C. defeats Crescent A.C. | journal=New York Athletic Club Journal | volume=VI | issue=7 | date=October 1897 | pages=8.] Bunce also worked for the Brooklyn Fire Department. He died of heart disease in his home on Bedford Avenue at age 64. [citation | title=Obituary Notes: Joshua Bunce | newspaper=The New York Times | pages=11 | date=1912-05-02 | url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C03E3DD153CE633A25751C0A9639C946396D6CF.]

Bunce's major league game

Bunce played one game for the National League Hartfords on August 27, by|1877; the game was played at Union Grounds in Brooklyn. According to "The New York Times", "The Hartfords were short the services of three of their best players—York, Holdsworth, and Ferguson. Their places, however, were very acceptably filled by Pike and Bunce, two amatuer players, and Habridge, the regular substitute of the club." The Hartfords beat the Cincinnati Red Stockings 5 to 1. Terry Larkin was the winning pitcher and Amos Booth was the loser. Bunce played left field and made one putout. The reporter for the "Times" summarized, "The game was tedious and uninteresting, and was witnessed by about 200 persons." [citation | title=Base-Ball: The Cincinnati Red Stockings Defeated by the Brooklyn Hartfords | newspaper=The New York Times | pages=2 | date=1877-08-28 | url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E5DA1F3BE532A2575BC2A96E9C946690D7CF .]

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=b/buncejo01
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=buncejo01 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbuncj101.htm Retrosheet]